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<span id="id1"></span><h1>Reflection<a class="headerlink" href="#reflection" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<dt id="PyEval_GetBuiltins">
<a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a>* <tt class="descname">PyEval_GetBuiltins</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyEval_GetBuiltins" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><p>Return a dictionary of the builtins in the current execution frame,
or the interpreter of the thread state if no frame is currently executing.</p>
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<dt id="PyEval_GetLocals">
<a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a>* <tt class="descname">PyEval_GetLocals</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyEval_GetLocals" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><p>Return a dictionary of the local variables in the current execution frame,
or <em>NULL</em> if no frame is currently executing.</p>
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<dt id="PyEval_GetGlobals">
<a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a>* <tt class="descname">PyEval_GetGlobals</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyEval_GetGlobals" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><p>Return a dictionary of the global variables in the current execution frame,
or <em>NULL</em> if no frame is currently executing.</p>
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<dt id="PyEval_GetFrame">
PyFrameObject* <tt class="descname">PyEval_GetFrame</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyEval_GetFrame" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><p>Return the current thread state&#8217;s frame, which is <em>NULL</em> if no frame is
currently executing.</p>
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<dt id="PyEval_GetRestricted">
int <tt class="descname">PyEval_GetRestricted</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyEval_GetRestricted" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>If there is a current frame and it is executing in restricted mode, return true,
otherwise false.</dd></dl>

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const char* <tt class="descname">PyEval_GetFuncName</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *func</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyEval_GetFuncName" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return the name of <em>func</em> if it is a function, class or instance object, else the
name of <em>func</em>s type.</dd></dl>

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<dt id="PyEval_GetFuncDesc">
const char* <tt class="descname">PyEval_GetFuncDesc</tt><big>(</big><a title="PyObject" class="reference external" href="structures.html#PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *func</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyEval_GetFuncDesc" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a description string, depending on the type of <em>func</em>.
Return values include &#8220;()&#8221; for functions and methods, &#8221; constructor&#8221;,
&#8221; instance&#8221;, and &#8221; object&#8221;.  Concatenated with the result of
<a title="PyEval_GetFuncName" class="reference internal" href="#PyEval_GetFuncName"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyEval_GetFuncName</span></tt></a>, the result will be a description of
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